---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6807"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6807"
heading: "Relation to State laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6807"
units:
  - "Chapter 94 — Privacy"
  - "Subchapter I — Disclosure of Nonpublic Personal Information"
---

# §6807. Relation to State laws

- (a) **In general—** This subchapter and the amendments made by this subchapter shall not be construed as superseding, altering, or affecting any statute, regulation, order, or interpretation in effect in any [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2), except to the extent that such statute, regulation, order, or interpretation is inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.
- (b) **Greater protection under State law—** For purposes of this section, a [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) statute, regulation, order, or interpretation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter if the protection such statute, regulation, order, or interpretation affords any [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) is greater than the protection provided under this subchapter and the amendments made by this subchapter, as determined by the Bureau of [Consumer](/usc/15/6809.md?p=9) Financial Protection, after consultation with the agency or authority with jurisdiction under [section 6805(a) of this title](/usc/15/6805.md?p=a) of either the [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) that initiated the complaint or that is the subject of the complaint, on its own motion or upon the petition of any interested party.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–102, title V, § 507, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1442; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1093(6), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2097.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§§ 501–510) of title V of Pub. L. 106–102, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1436, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables.

### Amendments

2010—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection” for “Federal Trade Commission”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.